C-Falls shuts out Libby
COLUMBIA FALLS — Maddie Moultray threw a five-inning three-hitter and Columbia Falls downed Libby 10-0 Friday to stay atop the Northwest A softball standings.
Sydney Mann and Haylee Lawrence each had two hits and scored twice for the Wildkats (14-2 overall, 5-0 in league). Annika Reid and A. Bowler also scored twice.
Kyrah Trenkle led off Columbia Falls’ six-run fourth inning with a solo homer; four runs came in on wild pitches in the frame.
Demye Rensel tripled to lead off the fifth, scored on Mann’s single, and when Mann came home as part of a double steal the game ended under the mercy rule.
Moultray walked two and struck out six.
The Wildkats’ next action is Tuesday at home, against Browning. Libby (8-6, 2-3) also plays Tuesday, at home against Eureka.
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Paislee MacDonald, Taylor Munro (3), Mackenzie Foss (4) and Kynzee Boehmier. Maddie Moultray and Demye Rensel.
LIBBY — Courtney Benson 0-1, MacDonald 1-3, Foss 0-3, Munro 1-3, Sidney Rusdal 1-3, Boehmier 0-2, Destinee Crawford 0-1, Mylie Rayome 0-1, Jossalyn White 0-2, Lyndee McElmurry 0-0.
COLUMBIA FALLS — Sydney Mann 2-4, Haylee Lawrence 2-3, Moultray 1-1, Aspen Dawson 1-2, Haden Peters 0-2, Aletheia Fisher 0-2, Abbie Darsow 0-2, Kyrah Trenkle 1-3, Rensel 2-3, Tayler Lingle 0-0, A Bowler 0-0, Annika Reid 0-0.
3B — Rensel. HR — Trenkle. RBIs — Mann, Moultray, Dawson, Peters, Trenkle.
Polson 24, Browning 2
BROWNING — Mckenna Hanson hit two triples and a grand slam for Polson, which picked up a 3-inning victory thanks to the mercy rule.
Hanson drove in five runs and Turquoise Pierre knocked in four — Pierre hit an RBI single and a two-run home run in the Pirates’ 11-run second inning. Hanson and Carli Maley each scored four runs.
Pierre threw for Polson (11-3 overall, 4-1 in the Northwest A), scattering three hits and a walk. She struck out five.
Browning fell to 0-4 overall and in league games.
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Turquoise Pierre and Mckenna Hanson. Brooklyn Blue and n/a.
POLSON — Nikki Kendall 1-2, Hanson 3-3, Pierre 2-3, Carli Maley 0-1, Avery Starr 2-3, Kailey Smith 1-1, Ashlyn Depoe 1-2, Ansley Nordberg 0-0, Jaivin Bad B ear 1-1, Tyneesha rowing 1-1, Anna Vert 1-2, Alexis Johnson 0-1, Julia Barnard 0-1.
BROWNING — Kaytins Evans 0-2, Natalee St. Goddard 1-2, Madison Augare 1-1, Emily Williams 1-2, T Upham 0-2, Susan Connelly 0-1, Jennika Moran 0-1, J Grinsell 0-1, Kipling 0-1, Whitney Bird 0-1.
3B — Hanson 2. HR — Pierre, Hanson. RBIs — Hanson 5, Pierre 4, Starr 3, Vert 2, Depoe 2, Kendall, Bad Bear, Brown, Johnson, Williams, Connelly.